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Category Archives: Technology and Society
Standing Orders
I really should get or make a standing desk.
[Update a few minutes later]
On the other hand, while I can walk for a long time, my back hurts if I stand for very long. So I’d really have to get a treadmill.
Gas Price Spikes
Could fracking end them?
Amazon Local, Los Angeles Edition
Every day, I get offers for: acting classes, teeth whitening, massage packages with reflexology and aromatherapy, microdermabrasion facials, tanning salons, exfoliation…
It’s like they’re trying to live down to the expectations of the rest of the country.
[Update a few minutes later]
Are you the kind of person likely to be suckered into a conversation with a Twitter-bot?
I’m not.
Darrel Issa
…is winning the Internets. Too bad more Republicans don’t get it.
Speaking of Issa, he apparently has proof of collusion between the FEC and the IRS in investigating Tea-Party groups. Wouldn’t be surprising at all, given Lerner’s history.
Linux Twitter Clients
I’ve been having pretty bad luck finding one that works for multiple accounts. I installed Choqok a few days ago, and was pretty happy with it until it broke today. When I launch it, it immediately sucks up about half the CPU, but doesn’t actually start, and leaves a pretty picture in the middle of the screen, independent of what application I’m using. I have to kill it to shut it down. Googling around, I’ve found this to be an issue if you have a lot of unread tweets, but since I can’t functionally start it, there’s no way to read them and fix it.
So then I tried Qwit, which installed fine, and went to Twitter to authenticate my three accounts, and said they’d been approved. The only problem with it is that it doesn’t either display or send tweets for any of them. Other than that, it’s awesome.
I’ve also tried Gwibber, which runs fine, except when I go to the Edit/Accounts menu, it does nothing.
So I’m back to using two different browsers (Firefox and Midori) for two of my accounts, and not doing anything with the third one (which is my book account). I’d like to solve this before the book is available, though, which is likely to be next week.
[Thursday-morning update]
OK, the solution I’ve found that seems to be working pretty well is the Tweetdeck app for Google Chrome. There may be one for Firefox, too, but I’ll stick with Chrome as long as it doesn’t act up.
[Bumped]
Removing A Splinter Non-Surgically
Here’s some news you can use. I did not know that.
America’s Transportation Infrastructure
No, Mr. President. It was best built by America’s entrepreneurs.
This is one of many reasons why high-speed rail will be a fiscal disaster.
The Space Launch System
Larva Breeders
Ummmmmm…no. Just no.
Though they might be useful in space.